Shri Yantra

The Shri Yantra: an ancient sacred geometric tantric ritual drawing used for centuries for meditation, concentration and creating a person’s desired outcomes.

It has been used for worship, devotion and meditation. Yantra in Sanskrit means “Power Diagram” or “King of Power”.

This enduring symbol is observed in Hindu, Buddhist and tantric traditions as an individual’s gateway to liberation and the understanding of the entire universe.

Yet its power is not just validated by mystics and spiritual practitioners – but also by modern day researchers and scientific experiments.

In fact the very nature of this symbol represents the balanced union of spirituality and science

– a place where you will uncover your highest potential as a professional, a lover, a problem solver, a visionary, a creator, and a human being.

An EEG study by Russian scientists at Moscow University in 1987, found that the Sri Yantra can induce a meditative or hypnotized state of mind – just by looking at it

This symbol is a mind-body-spirit game plan for realizing your greatest life -once you know how to unlock its power.

As you look at the yantra, allow your eyes to focus on its center.

This dot in the center is called the Bindu, which represents the unity that underlies all the diversity of the physical world.

Now allow your eyes to see the triangle that encloses the Bindu.

The downward pointing triangle represents the feminine creative power, while the upward facing triangle represents male energy.

Allow your vision to expand to include the circles outside of the triangles. They represent the cycles of cosmic rhythms.

The image of the circle embodies the notion that time has no beginning and no end.

The farthest region of space and the innermost nucleus of an atom both pulsate with the same rhythmic energy of creation.

That rhythm is within you and without you.

Bring your awareness to lotus petals outside the circle.

Notice that they are pointing outwards, as if opening. They illustrate the unfolding of our understanding.

The lotus also represents the heart, the seat of the Self. When the heart opens, understanding comes.

The square at the outside of the yantra represents the world of form, the material world that our senses show us, the illusion of separateness, of well defined edges and boundaries.

At the periphery of the figure are four T-shaped portals, or gateways.

Notice that they point toward the interior of the yantra, the inner spaces of life. They represent our earthly passage from the external and material to the internal and sacred.